Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Gaviiformes > Family Gaviidae > Genus Gavia

Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

GaviaJ. R. Forster, 1788accepted genus name

Species group names

Colymbus stellata Pontoppidan, 1763 objective synonym
Colymbus stellatus Pontoppidan, 1763 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: nori gushëkuq sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Червеногуш гмуркач sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: rødstrubet lom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: roodkeelduiker sources: Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
 English: red-throated diver; red-throated loon sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: plongeon catmarin sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Sterntaucher sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.
 Greek: Κηλιδοβούτι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: צוללן אדום-גרון sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: strolaga minore sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: アビ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: rudakaklis naras sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: smålom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: smålom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: smålom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: nur rdzawoszyi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: cufundar guşă-roşie sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: краснозобая гагара sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: lóma rua sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: rdečegrli slapnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: colimbo chico sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: smålom sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: kizilgerdan dalgic; kızılgerdan dalgıç sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Гагара червоношия; Чорношия гагара sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: trochydd gyddfgoch

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

additional source

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

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External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137188

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a6f210a3-baf7-4d5e-a934-0c1696ec1f69

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Occurrence

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